Newbie has TT with rotted nose and floor
Hey all!! I'm John. We were given a 2001 19' TT. It's had some major leaking, so much so that the entire nose framework from the front window down has dissolved and most of the floor edge framing p...
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revcrab, after I removed the fabric, it did take a while for the wood underneath to dry out here in the rainy pacific nw. I used heat lamps, moving them around til it was all dry. I also put the panel insulation between the outriggers on the out side of the frame.
keymastr is right about the front window, the Tahoe also had a water leak around the front window. Discovered that someone had done a poor caulking job over older silicone caulking. the silicone was holding water in and allowing it to run down into the structure. I just spent a lot of time removing all old caulking and used Pro-cell (?) caulk to redo it. On our "new" Trail Cruiser, we were happy that it didn't seem to leak during hard rain storms, while sitting there. Then we drove home from a campground thru a pounding rain storm and found water in the storage compartment under the bed and some water on the front window sill. So, the air pressure sure did drive water into the unit. Found the same caulking problem as with the Tahoe, new caulking over silicone and water came out with the caulking as I pulled it out. Should be all fixed now (I hope). As I've always said, every trailer has leaked, is leaking now or will leak.
keymastr is right about the front window, the Tahoe also had a water leak around the front window. Discovered that someone had done a poor caulking job over older silicone caulking. the silicone was holding water in and allowing it to run down into the structure. I just spent a lot of time removing all old caulking and used Pro-cell (?) caulk to redo it. On our "new" Trail Cruiser, we were happy that it didn't seem to leak during hard rain storms, while sitting there. Then we drove home from a campground thru a pounding rain storm and found water in the storage compartment under the bed and some water on the front window sill. So, the air pressure sure did drive water into the unit. Found the same caulking problem as with the Tahoe, new caulking over silicone and water came out with the caulking as I pulled it out. Should be all fixed now (I hope). As I've always said, every trailer has leaked, is leaking now or will leak.
